Respect for Marriage Act clears Congress with bipartisan support

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The measure also would recognize these marriages for consideration of federal benefits such as Medicare and Social Security.
56% : Both the House and the Senate have passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which codifies same-sex and interracial marriages.
52% :The bill would require that all states recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed in any other state.
47% : Marriage rights advocates and Democrats expressed concern that the reversal could call other decisions regarding civil liberties into question, including marriage equality.
41% : The measure was first born out of the House this summer following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, which held that access to abortion was not a constitutional right.
17% : Amendments to the original House-passed bill, led by GOP negotiators Sens. Susan Collins, Thom Tillis and Rob Portman, make sure that nonprofit religious organizations are not required to help perform a same-sex marriage.
9% : As vice president, Biden publicly broke with then-President Barack Obama to voice support for same-sex marriage rights in 2012.

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